Though the two transatlantic rivals may be bitterly fighting for the rights to a U.S. government contract, Boeing and Airbus do see eye-to-eye on one critical issue: cutting the carbon dioxide emissions from their planes. Both companies are aggressively working towards developing
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H&M is the second largest retailer in Europe and has stores around the world, and now it no longer accepts wool from Australia. This came about after the Australian wool industry showed signs of hesitation on its plan to stop mulesing sheep by 2010. Though H&M admittedly uses only a “very small […]
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London based Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness on global climate change, released their annual Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) today.
The list, compiled from responses to a questionnaire CDP sent to over 2400 companies worldwide, compares FT 500 companies in each sector on how transparent they are on regarding their […]
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Earlier this week, The Observer’s Good Companies Guide unveiled its list of the UK’s top 20 firms in the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 350 index, based on social, environmental and corporate governance criteria. The little-known Speedy Hire, an equipment rental company, made the top spot on the list for what The Observer […]
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The extremely popular investment website, the Motley Fool, just ran a large profile about the positive ethics and governance of Sun Microsystems. This piece ran on the heels of a much-better-than-expected earning report. To excerpt…
The company just reported stellar earnings, befitting its astronomical business name, wherein management bragged a little bit about […]
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With great fanfare yesterday, Xerox Corporation unveiled a first-of-its-kind paper for digital printing that uses half as many trees as traditional paper, while lowering the cost to mail printed material.
At the core of the development are Xerox’s technical achievements, which have increased the amount of a tree that can be used (doubling the yield per […]
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Disney has announced a plan to become the first Hollywood studio to eliminate cigarette smoking in its movies. The announcement was made via a letter written on Disney letterhead to U.S. Congressman Edward Markey of Massachusetts, who serves as chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunications and the internet. Read the letter […]
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Cadbury Schweppes has announced a plan to cut its net “absolute” carbon emissions. In doing so, it is promoting itself as the first UK food manufacturer to commit to using “absolute” measures in fighting climate change.
By 2020, the confectionery company intends to slash half of its net absolute carbon emissions, with at least […]
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A recent United Nations meeting on responsible business called attention to a company’s ethical performance as an important consideration for investors deciding which companies to back.
Citing findings from a recent survey by Goldman Sachs, Ling asserted that companies with strong ethical standards outperform the market. For example, companies on an ethical list compiled by […]
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Ethisphere and its “World’s Most Ethical” rankings were recently featured in the world’s leading business publication, the Wall Street Journal. Columnist Phred Dvorak called attention to Ethisphere and its partial founder, Corpedia, as providing viable measures of a company’s governance standards and practices.
The article went on to highlight the importance of corporate governance to a […]
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McDonald’s, in one of its latest announcements centering around more eco-friendly practices, announced last week that it will start converting its cooking oil into biodiesel. The intention is to run all of its 155 UK delivery trucks on biodiesel made entirely from cooking oil collected from its restaurants by the end of this year.
The […]
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On what must have been a slow news day in Detroit, FoxNews is reporting about a Michigan woman who is suing Starbursts’ parent company, Mars Inc. for more than $25,000 for “permanent personal injuries” she claims she sustained after biting into one of their yellow candies in 2005.
The “victim”, Victoria McArthur of Romero, […]
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BAE Systems, the British defense company has decided to blacklist a fifth of the world’s countries as part of moves to help guarantee ethical conduct and to comply with anticorruption laws. This comes on the heels of investigations by the US DOJ over allegations that it paid huge bribes to win business in Saudi […]
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McDonald’s has decided to use its Shrek movie tie-in to feature healthier food items. Shrek will be featured on its salads, milk, apple slices and other products introduced in the last three years as the burger chain tries to combat mounting criticism that its food is contributing to the obesity epidemic in both kids […]
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced a purchase of solar power from three solar power providers, BP Solar, SunEdison, and PowerLight, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation, for 22 combined Wal-Mart stores.
The total solar power production from the stores is estimated at 20 million kWh (kilowatt-hours) per year, possibly becoming one of the world’s top-10 solar power initiatives […]
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